Cardiff City are the underdogs at Wolves , Neil Warnock has admitted, and even revealed that Mrs Warnock has a soft-spot for Nuno Espirito Santo.

The Bluebirds boss believes his side will be up against it when they face-off against their old adversaries at Molineux, but despite his infamous spat with the Wolves boss, he admits he is a lovely man, and his wife is quite fond of him!

City arrive at Molineux in the bottom three after being heavily beaten in their last two outings.

Warnock stated: “We’ve been there before but you don’t want to be there.

“It’s not a shock, we’ve got to regroup and go again.

“We’re at our most dangerous when we’re written off.

“I think we’re the underdogs every game now, but I just want to get our lads firing on all cylinders.

“We’ll get [Oumar] Niasse back, we missed him.

“We’ve got to stay away from these elementary mistakes at the back - we didn’t concede these bad goals in the Championship.

“We always have good games against them and I hope we can put in a good performance, not like the last two.”

What time is kick off and is it on TV?

Wolves versus Cardiff kicks off at 3pm on March 2nd and because of the 3pm blackout on Saturday fixtures in the UK, it won't be televised.

What the pundits have said

Paul Merson, speaking in his weekly Sky Sports column , expects Nuno's men to inflict more misery on the Bluebirds.

He said: "Cardiff have hit a brick wall, haven't they? You were expecting this from Cardiff earlier in the season, so fair play to them. Those games against Watford and Everton were huge for them. Neither of the games were even tight.

"I can't see Cardiff taking anything from this. Wolves will have to bounce back after a shocking result against Huddersfield, and I think it'll be comfortable for them."

He predicts Wolves to come out with a 3-0 victory.

Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has also backed Wolves to return to winning ways.

In his BBC column he said: "Wolves have now lost home and away to Huddersfield, which is a surprise when you think about the season that Nuno Espirito Santo's side have had.

How will Wolves get on against Cardiff City?

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Wolves have lost five of their last seven league matches against Cardiff (W2), losing the reverse fixture at the Cardiff City Stadium in November.

Cardiff City, 2-1 winners at Molineux in August 2017, are looking to win consecutive away league matches against Wolves for the first time since February 1988.

Wolves have won four of their last five home matches in all competitions (D1), as many as they’d won in their first 12 games at Molineux this season (W4 D3 L5).

Cardiff have won two of their last four away Premier League games (L2) – as many as in their first 28 in the competition (W2 D6 L20).

Wolves haven’t lost consecutive matches in all competitions since November 2018, when they lost against Huddersfield and Cardiff.

Cardiff have conceded at least three goals in 11 different Premier League games this season, more than any other side.

Wolves failed to register a shot on target in their 0-1 defeat to Huddersfield, only the third time they had failed to do so in a league match under Nuno Espirito Santo (also against Barnsley in January 2018 and Man City in January 2019).

Cardiff City have registered a pass accuracy of just 64.2% this season, the lowest tally by a Premier League team in a season since Stoke City in 2010-11 (64%).

Nuno Espirito Santo’s first defeat as Wolves boss was against Cardiff City – the Bluebirds are one of only two teams he has lost more than once against as Wolves boss, along with Huddersfield Town.

Cardiff boss Neil Warnock’s only previous top-flight league visit to Wolves came in September 2011 as QPR manager, a 3-0 victory – it remains Warnock’s biggest away top-flight victory in 71 such games.